| Location: | La Plata County, Colorado, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.44307, -108.00675 |
| dep_id: | 10014161 |
| mrds_id: | D010813 |
| mas_id: | 80670068 |
| Commodity type: | metallic |
| Major mineral: | Silver, Gold |
| Trace mineral: | Copper, Lead, Zinc |
| Operation type: | Underground |
| Deposit type: | Vein |
| Production size: | Small ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Argentite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite |
| gangue: | Barite, Dickite, Quartz |
| model: | 85: Polymetallic veins |
| alteration: | Oxidation Of Cu Sulfides; Formation Of Clay |
| ore_ctrl: | Intersection Of Steeply Dipping Fracture And Porphyry Masses |
| Reporter: | Wilson, Anna B., Buckingham, David A., Schwochow, Stephen D. |
| hrock_unit: | Cutler Formation;Dolores Formation |
| hrock_type: | Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone |
| arock_unit: | Porphyritic Rocks--Diorite-Monzonite Porphyry |
| arock_type: | Diorite |
| Structure: | San Juan Uplift, Four Corners Platform, La Plata Dome |
| tectonic: | Central Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns) |
| Year first produced: | 1878 |
| yr_lst_prd: | 1921 |
| disc_yr: | 1878 |
| discr: | Snow Storm Mining And Milling Co. (Claimant) |
| References: |
- Deposit:: ECKEL, E.B., AND OTHERS, 1949, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE LA PLATA DISTRICT, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 219, P. 73-74, 106-108, PL.18.
- Deposit:: BLM MINERAL SURVEYS MS 2376, 2357, 2378, 2379, 2380, 2381, 2382
- Deposit:: REED, J.R., 1936, REPORT ON THE CUMBERLAND MINE, CUMBERLAND BASIN, LA PLATA COUNTY, COLORADO: UNPUB. ENG. REPT., 2 P.
- Deposit:: Neubert and others, 1992, Mineral Appraisal of the San Juan National Forest, Colorado: USBM MLA 2-92, p. 111, fig. 39; p. 123-125.
- Deposit:: Southwestern Paydirt, no. 694, April 1997, 12.
- Production:: ECKEL AND OTHERS, 1949, P. 107 (AS COMPILED FROM DIRECTOR OF MINE REPTS., USGS/USBM RECORDS, AND PRIVATE UNPUB. ENGINEE* REPT.)
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